Purpose and Base Features
PupShutdown permits menu-like access to sixteen common functions that one may find helpful when closing a Puppy session. Backup and task manager selections in the main menu have multi-program support to provide flexibility in managing the shutdown process. If the panel application selector does not have your program, you can add it manually. In addition to the configurable menu options, the appearance of the graphic interface can be quickly changed to complement a personal preference or match a Puppy theme. PupShutdown integrates seamlessly with PupControl, PupMenu and PupApps.

Caveats
1 - PupShutdown requires Puppy versions 4.3.1 and above to assure accurate markup of title text attributes and to allow automatic retrieval of the font name list.

2 - Program access is by Puppy Menu->Utility->PupShutdown or by the default Ctrl+Shift+X keyboard shortcut which is configured for IceWm, JWM, Openbox, Fluxbox, LXDE and LXPanel. If the Xfce window manager is currently active, the hotkey can be set manually as follows: Xfce Settings->Keyboard->Application Shortcuts.

3 - For those with laptops or notebooks, PupShutdown supports suspend (standby) in ACPI compliant systems. This function is mediated by Acpitool, but the suspend option does not work equally in all systems. More information is available here and here.

Title and Logo Options
The title frame of PupShutdown is easily configured and one can quickly change the name and version of the Puppy derivative, graphic logo, and title font attributes. An optional Logo-addon.pet contains 64-pixel graphics created by forum member afgs, including those for Dpup, Lighthouse, Slacko and Upup. For those who prefer a more distinctive theme, a logo template is available to facilitate the design of copy-and-paste graphics for the title frame.

I wonder whether this approach can also be made for the boot up routine, especially at that point when Puppy searches for its program sfs, the source of most boot-up failures (Here, pmedia, pdev, pupmode as well as psubdir are the less-understood parameters)._________________Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice? Get the sfs (English only).

I'm not sure if this approach has any additional utility, especially in the boot-up routine of Puppy, but in PupShutdown it does provide a little diversionary eye candy. Thanks again for your thoughts!

That's nice. A couple options I'd like to see in your next update are "PowerOff and Eject" and "Reboot and Eject". Ubuntu has been doing this for a long time and dpup-484 does it too.

Why? Puppy lore encourages booting continually from the LiveCD and to save personal file to enable using the boot CD drive for other purposes after booting. However, if I don't use the drive during a session I find myself forgetting to remove the CD before shut down and have to resort to the paperclip trick.

That's nice. A couple options I'd like to see in your next update are "PowerOff and Eject" and "Reboot and Eject". Ubuntu has been doing this for a long time and dpup-484 does it too.

Thanks for your comments B.K.

The automatic ejection of optical disc media at shutdown seems more appropriate for those Puppy developers who would code this feature as a default behavior in /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown, such as gposil with dpup. Even so, I could provide PupShutdown with simple dialogs that would prompt users (at their discretion) to remove optical media before power-off or rebooting. Such dialogs could be quickly bypassed if media removal is not a consideration. The end result would be the same for you - no more CD neglect at shutdown. I'll see what I can do.

Version 1.3. See main post.
-Added option for multi-function management of the desktop and JWM, including 14 secondary options.
-Added Snap2 (if installed) as the first option for file backup, otherwise the call defaults to Pbackup.
-Added Power-Off and Reboot dialog prompts for the discretionary removal of optical disc media before shutdown.
-Minor improvement in code.

radky
That's nice. A couple options I'd like to see in your next update are "POwerOff and Eject" and "Reboot and Eject". Ubuntu has been doing this for a long time and dpup-484 does it too.

Why? Puppy lore encourages booting continually from the LiveCD and to save personal file to enable using the boot CD drive for other purposes after booting. However, if I don't use the drive during a session I find myself forgetting to remove the CD before shut down and have to resort to the paperclip trick.

radky
That's nice. A couple options I'd like to see in your next update are "POwerOff and Eject" and "Reboot and Eject". Ubuntu has been doing this for a long time and dpup-484 does it too.

Why? Puppy lore encourages booting continually from the LiveCD and to save personal file to enable using the boot CD drive for other purposes after booting. However, if I don't use the drive during a session I find myself forgetting to remove the CD before shut down and have to resort to the paperclip trick.

B.K. Johnson

B.K.

Thanks again for your comments. As mentioned in post 7 above, the automatic ejection of media could be addressed by developers who code Puppy's basic framework. Guy Posil did so with the much-respected dpup 484 which features automatic CD ejection at shutdown, and includes a program to control the optical disc tray from the taskbar. On the other hand, PupShutdown is just a simple menu utility that opens various Puppy programs on demand.

In response to your request, version 1.3 above includes alert dialogs at reboot or shutdown to remind us of the option to remove optical disc media if so desired. Also, the upcoming version 1.4 will feature a configurable control panel that allows easy access to most Puppy system functions.

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